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Soon vs. Early

“I am planning to start a business soon…” “I will have an early lunch tomorrow…”...

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Award vs. Reward

Award Award can be used as a noun or a verb. It means a prize or a grant ...

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What are Homographs

We are all familiar with synonyms – they are words that mean the same thing. For rich writing, we use different words in different situations to convey the same thing – for exam...

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On, In, At the time

In time When you do something in the last moment, you are just in time...

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Phrasal verbs with back

1. Back up Back up someone – to give support t...

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While vs. Whilst

While as a conjunction and adverbWhen used as conjunction/adverb, both the words mean during or at the same time as. They can also mean whereas (in the context of comparison). In the above sentence, we can replace ‘whereas’ with whil...

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Specially vs. Especially

Specially Specially is an adverb that is used to indicate something done ...

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Reflex vs. Reflect

Reflex ...

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Insight vs. Incite vs. Invite

Incite (verb) ...

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People vs. Peoples vs. Pupils

Person When we refer to a human being, we say a person. For example, a ni...

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Remember vs Reminder vs Remainder

Remember Remember is a verb which means to think of an occurrence in the ...

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Career vs. Carrier

Carrier Carrier is pronounced as “kae-ri-year.” The ‘kae’ sound is same a...

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Very vs. Too vs. Enough

Too The too with the double o implies more than necessary, desirable or r...

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I vs. Me

Consider the below example – I d...

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If I Was vs. If I Were

Was vs WereAs simple as that, in past tense, was is used for singular noun/pronoun and were for plural. For example, I was going to the market and we were going to the market.If I wasThis is a situation that coul...

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So vs. Such

So So is a conjunction. It can join t...

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Possessive pronouns vs. Possessive adjectives

Possessive The word possessive itself...

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Adjectives and Adverbs

Simply put, ...

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Envoy vs. Convoy

Both convoy and envoy are nouns. Convoy can be used as a verb too, as we will see later in the article.  Envoy Envoy is derived from the old French word ‘...

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The uses of ‘used to’

Used to Used+to – the combination usually l...

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Beside vs. Besides

Beside Beside is a preposition of place. It means ‘next to’. The word has originated from the old English adverb ‘be sidan’ ...

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Raise vs. Rise

Raise Raise needs an object for reference. ...

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Employ vs. Deploy

Employ Employ is a verb that comes from the middle English imploy and means to give work to someone and pay for it. For exam...

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Revenge vs. Avenge

Avenge Avenge is a verb that has its roots from the Latin vindicare. It means to c...

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Elicit vs Illicit

Elicit Elicit is a verb which means t...

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Identify the sentence with correct use of the past perfect continuous tense:
A We had eaten when she called.
B They had been working on the project for several hours before they took a break.
C I have been finished my assignment.
D She was visiting her grandparents all weekend.